MELBOURNE, Dec 21: Michael Vaughan has been included in a 16-man England squad for their upcoming limited-overs series with Australia and New Zealand pending a fitness report, but there is still no decision on who is going to captain the side.

Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar was called up to make his one-day debut while fast bowler Steve Harmison announced he was retiring from the abbreviated form of the game after being overlooked for selection.

Test wicket-keeper Geraint Jones also missed out with Chris Read and Leicestershire's Paul Nixon both picked ahead of him in a series of changes to the squad that failed at the Champions Trophy.

England's chairman of selectors David Graveney said a decision on the captain had been delayed until after the Ashes series finishes in early January.

“Michael Vaughan has been included in the one-day squad subject to fitness,” Graveney said.

“He has made excellent progress with his recovery from injury but we feel that it would not be appropriate to announce the captaincy of the one-day side at this stage and will delay any announcement until after the Test series.”

England squad: James Anderson, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, James Dalrymple, Andrew Flintoff, Ed Joyce, Jon Lewis, Sajid Mahmood, Paul Nixon, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Liam Plunkett, Chris Read, Andrew Strauss, Chris Tremlett, Michael Vaughan.—Reuters